![]() But they are each vibrant and lovable in their way. Onye’s handful of friends all have their own heads – some seem to want only the attention of men, others plot their own revenge, and others may just be confused about pretty much everything. None of them are flawless, especially Onyesonwu. There are some flashbacks, action scenes, nicely alternated by calmer chapters that further the characters and their relationships.Īs characters go, the whole set in this book is convicingly real. The story picks up right away and is nicely paced. ![]() Onyesonwu, our first-person narrator, tells her tale an immediately grabbed my attention. Ignorant as I was, I expected this book to be hard to get into. To make the constantly feuding Nurus and Okekes make peace… and take revenge on her biological father. But at the age of 11, she discovers that she has certain abilities and her greatest wish is to be apprenticed by the town sorcerer. Onyesonwu’s life as an outcast is difficult enough. Born out of violence, these cursed people are said to only produce violence themselves. ![]() Onyesonwu is born Ewu, the child of rape between a Nuru man and an Okeke woman. ![]() And as it turns out, this was absolutely worth it.įirst sentence: My life fell apart when I was sixteen. So I thought it was time to delve into literature taking place in the rest of the world, written by non-western writers. I am ashamed to admit that I mostly read fantasy with white protagonists, mostly written by white authors – with the occasional exception. ![]()
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